Improved bed-bottom



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JONAS ROUSE, OF'DOWAGIAG, MICHIGAN.

IMPRovl-:o BED-BOTTOM.

Speciication forming part of Letters Patent No. 54,779, dated May 15, 1866.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JONAS ROUSE, ot'Dowagiac', in the county of Cass and State of Michigan, have invented a new and Im proved Bed- Bottom andI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference bein g had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this spccication, in which- Figure l is a longitudinal section ot' a bedstead, taken on the line x x, Fig. 2, showing' inyinvention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is aplan or top view of the same.

Similar letters ,of reference indicate like parts.

My invention consists in the combination, with the slats ot a bedstead, ot a secondary slat, in such manner that the secondary slat acts as a spring, giving to the slats proper the desired springing motion, whereby a cheap and efficient spring bed-bottom is obtained.

A A designate the side and end rails, respectively, of the bedstead. A rabbet or supplementary piece, B, is attached to the inside of the two end rails, A', of the bedstead, having mortisesor grooves cut in them at suitable distances along their length' to receive the slats and keep them from moving laterally out of place.

C are the slats, ot' a length to extend from end to end of the bedstead. To the underside ot' each slat, at about its center, a secondaryT slat, D, is secured by a bolt, c, or o1 herwise. The two ends ot' this secondary slat D are forced outward from the slat C by inserting at a proper distance on each side of the bolt a blocks b. to act as a spring at both its ends. The said ends ot the seconda-ry slat D rest upon transverse pieces E, running across the bedstead at the head and foot. v

From the above description it will be seen that on depressing the slats G the secondary slat D will act as a spring and allow theslat C to have an easy springing motion. This arrangement produces a simple and cheap spring bed-bottom, susceptible of having any one of the slats or secondary slats, should such be damaged, removed and a new one inserted in its place. 4

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of the slats G and secondary slat D, arranged to operate substan tially as specitied.

JONAS ROUSE. Witnesses:

ALBERT J. RoUsE, ELIZABETH SMITH.

The secondary slat D is thus caused 

